"If You Build It If You Build It is a 2013 documentary directed by Patrick Creadon, produced by Neal Baer, and filmed on location largely in the town of Windsor and surrounding Bertie County, North Carolina, the state's poorest county. The documentary follows a year in the life of an innovative, design-based high school program, culminating with the design and sixteen-week construction of a farmer's market pavilion, the only farmers market pavilion in the U.S. designed and built by high school students. The film's title is a truncated reference to the catchphrase ""if you build it, he will come,"" from"
"series ""Young Guns"", ""Major League"", and ""Ace Ventura"". The Team (by uniform number): Major League (film) Major League is a 1989 American sports comedy film produced by Chris Chesser and Irby Smith, written and directed by David S. Ward, that stars Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Wesley Snipes, James Gammon, Bob Uecker, Rene Russo, and Corbin Bernsen. Made for $11 million, ""Major League"" grossed nearly $50 million in domestic release. ""Major League"" deals with the exploits of a fictionalized version of the Cleveland Indians baseball team, and spawned two sequels (""Major League II"" and """"), neither of which replicated the success"
"During the team's next game, Lippman (Bernard Gorcey), the team's sponsor, tells the gang that if they win, he will send them all to summer camp in the Catskill Mountains. With the bases loaded, Jean hits a home run and wins the game, and Tobey is awarded his much-needed trip to the country. Block Busters Block Busters is a 1944 American film directed by Wallace Fox, part of the East Side Kids series. After an afternoon of playing baseball, Muggs McGinnis (Leo Gorcey) and the East Side Kids gang arrive at the door of their clubhouse, where a man named"
"continue playing. The team eventually wins the World Series, but Bruce returns home to see his parents. After the season is over, he dies, and Henry vows, ""From here on in, I rag nobody."" The non-Florida baseball sequences were filmed at New York City's Yankee and Shea Stadiums during late May and June 1972, when the Yankees and Mets were on extended roadtrips. The opening scenes of the movie show the stars running on the warning track at Yankee Stadium; in addition, the visitors' clubhouse, the walkway from the Yankees' dugout, and the front of the right-field bullpen also were"
"Major League (film) Major League is a 1989 American sports comedy film produced by Chris Chesser and Irby Smith, written and directed by David S. Ward, that stars Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Wesley Snipes, James Gammon, Bob Uecker, Rene Russo, and Corbin Bernsen. Made for $11 million, ""Major League"" grossed nearly $50 million in domestic release. ""Major League"" deals with the exploits of a fictionalized version of the Cleveland Indians baseball team, and spawned two sequels (""Major League II"" and """"), neither of which replicated the success of the original film. Former Las Vegas showgirl Rachel Phelps (Margaret Whitton) inherits"
"refuses. Making peace with his father, they merge their businesses, realizing there is more to life than winning. The film ends with an adapted version of the ""He's Got Balls"" commercial originally produced by Buck. In it, the entire Tigers team appear, announcing the merger of Phil's vitamin shop—Phil's Pills—and Buck's Sporting Goods Store. The team shouts, after the ""He's got balls"" line, ""And vitamins."" Closing credits are set to a cover The Beatles song We Can Work It Out. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 42% based on 139 reviews, and an average rating of"
"Tug McGraw Frank Edwin ""Tug"" McGraw, Jr. (August 30, 1944 – January 5, 2004) was a Major League Baseball relief pitcher and the father of American singer and actor Tim McGraw. He is remembered for coining the phrase, ""Ya Gotta Believe"" which became a popular rallying cry for the New York Mets, and for recording the final out, via a strikeout of the Kansas City Royals' Willie Wilson, in the 1980 World Series, bringing the Philadelphia Phillies their first world championship. He was the last active major league player to have played under manager Casey Stengel. McGraw was born in"
"normal preparation for an at-bat. In the 1989 film ""Major League"", the climax of the movie depicts Indians catcher Jake Taylor pointing towards the outfield, clearly making a reference to Ruth's called shot. Fittingly, Jake was playing against the New York Yankees. The pitcher then throws a pitch high and inside, referencing Root's suggestion that he would have thrown at Ruth if he had really called his shot. Jake repeats the called shot, but instead of going for a home run, bunts the next pitch for a modified squeeze play, allowing the winning run to come in from second base."
"abilities in the film.) The film debuted at No. 1 at the box office and received generally positive reviews. It has an 82% ""fresh"" rating on review website Rotten Tomatoes based on 39 reviews, with an average rating of 6.5/10. The consensus states, """"Major League"" may be predictable and formulaic, but buoyed by the script's light, silly humor—not to mention the well-built sports action sequences and funny performances."" The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: When he joined the Cubs in 1989 (the same year the film was released), pitcher Mitch Williams' extravagant wind-up and release,"
"bankroll ""Major League"" (1989), a baseball comedy that he'd been pitching to producers without success since 1982. ""Major League"" was a labor of love for Ward, who had lived in the Cleveland suburb of South Euclid as a child and who had rooted for the Indians' teams of the 1950s, including the 1954 American League Champions. ""I figured the only way they were ever going to win anything in my lifetime was to do a movie and they'd win,"" says Ward. Within 10 years of the film's release, the Indians would appear in the World Series twice, then again in"
"well as popular baseball ""clown"" Max Patkin. ""Bull Durham"" was a commercial success, grossing over $50 million in North America, well above its estimated budget, and was a critical success as well. ""Sports Illustrated"" ranked it the #1 Greatest Sports Movie of all time. ""The Moving Arts Film Journal"" ranked it #3 on its list of the 25 Greatest Sports Movies of All-Time. In addition, the film is ranked #55 on Bravo's ""100 Funniest Movies."" It is also ranked #97 on the American Film Institute's ""100 Years...100 Laughs"" list, and #1 on Rotten Tomatoes' list of the 53 best-reviewed sports"
"arena. Starting during the 2011 season, the Chicago Rush began wearing black uniforms more often over their traditional navy home jerseys the team has worn from 2001 to 2010 to honor the Bruisers. The following Bruisers players have been named to All-Arena Teams: ""Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 1989 Arena Football League season."" !Totals || 13 || 8 || 1 The Chicago Bruisers are also featured in the film """", directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Charles Bronson. The game shown sees the Bruisers visit the Los Angeles Cobras. It was released in early 1989."
"for his grandson Turner (Joshua Rush), as a way of boosting his self-esteem due to his speech impediment. At the end of the film, Turner delivers the commentary at his sister's recital without a single stutter, receiving a standing ovation. When the Giants moved to San Francisco in 1958, Hodges followed the club west. He continued working for the team through 1970, when he retired. His signature home run call was, """"Bye-Bye, Baby!"""", a phrase that was set to music as the Giants' theme song during the 1960s. It had previously been the name of another song. Hodges was also"
"he prepares to start the show, Uecker's cry of ""The Cubs have won the World Series!"" echoes in his head. Since the game was played in Oakland, the A's (as the home team) would still bat in the bottom of the ninth, so Marx' homer could not have guaranteed a win for the Cubs. In addition, both teams are wearing their home uniforms. Eckersley, Henderson, Canseco, and Uecker appear as themselves, as does Cubs manager Jim Lefebvre. Take This Heart ""Take This Heart"" is a song by Richard Marx, the third single from his 1991 album ""Rush Street"". It hit"
"attend games and cheer for him. In a re-creation of a famous (and possibly apocryphal) story, Gehrig visits a crippled boy named Billy (Gene Collins) in a hospital. He promises to hit two home runs in a single World Series game in the boy's honor—then fulfills his promise. Gehrig is now the ""Iron Horse"", a national hero at the peak of his career with multitudes of fans, many loyal friends, and an adoring wife. Then he begins to notice, with growing alarm, that his strength is slowly ebbing away. Though he continues to play, and extends his consecutive-game streak to"
"that of a batter turning to the umpire and screaming ""Oh come on!"" after a called strike three was sampled from a Jim Belushi line in the 1985 movie ""The Man With One Red Shoe"". The game was groundbreaking and had a long list of features for its time. Nearly every team has its own venue, sometimes complete with unique features, including Dodger Stadium's ""slants"" by the outfield crowd (the outfield ""roof""), Shea Stadium's minuscule center field crowd, and the large scoreboard in the right field of Comiskey Park. Due to cartridge space limitations, some stadiums could not be added,"
"for Atlantic Records. ""Hold On, I'm Comin was used in the film ""The Blues Brothers"", along with ""Soothe Me"", also performed by Sam & Dave. It was also heard in a 2013 Super Bowl commercial featuring Dwayne Johnson. It was used in a scene in the film ""American Gangster"". The song is used in the video games ""Skate 2"" (2009) and ""Mafia III"" (2016). UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler used it as his entrance song in his first title defense in UFC 189. The song was also used in the films ""Due Date"" (2010), ""Elvis & Nixon"" (2016) and in"
"living room. Subsequently, a couple of Budweiser commercials with both jingles also appeared in the 1985 film ""Beer"", a comedy film that satirizes advertising. ""Here Comes the King"" can be heard at the end of the seventh inning during all St. Louis Cardinals home games and at different times during the game (mainly when the team is in a rally). During the period when Anheuser-Busch owned the Cardinals, it was played instead of ""Take Me Out to the Ball Game"" during the seventh-inning stretch. It is also played at St. Louis Blues home games. Saint Louis University also takes to"
"this World Series was played the same year Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released the musical film ""Meet Me in St. Louis"". It remains one of two World Series played that featured two teams from the same city other than New York; the other was the 1906 World Series between the two Chicago teams. The 1989 World Series featured two teams from the same metropolitan area, but not the same city. This is the only world series to date to not have either team credited with a stolen base. Many of the game's best players were called away for World War II, and the"
"had clinched a playoff berth or advanced in the playoffs, is played as fans file out of the stadium. In addition, when a Phillies player hits a home run a recording of Kalas' famous ""That ball is outta here!"" home run call is played. The sole exception is Chase Utley, once the subject of another famous Kalas call, ""Chase Utley, you are The Man!"", which is played when Utley hits a homer. In 2011, the Phillies unveiled a statue of Harry Kalas at Citizens Bank Park. The statue was funded by Phillies fans and designed and constructed by a Phillies"
"to expansion teams after all, including the National League team that will be named the New York Mets. Lenny takes this as a betrayal. In 1969, Miriam is a contestant on a popular quiz show. She sabotages her own chances by showing up slightly high, and during the show privately fumes over the non-activist trivia, musing over the categories she is really an expert in. In 1940, Albert Zimmer gives a rousing, inspirational speech to a beginning Jewish commune in New Jersey, supposedly where he and Rose may themselves move to. Rose realizes belatedly her husband is simply following orders,"
"baseball film written and directed by Detroit native, Alan Shapiro, starring Roy Scheider, Sparky Anderson, Ernie Harwell and Mary Wilson, and (as Briggs Stadium) in the 1980 feature film ""Raging Bull"" where the stadium was the site of two of Jake LaMotta's championship boxing matches. Tiger Stadium was also seen in the film ""Hardball"" starring Keanu Reeves, ""Renaissance Man"" with Danny DeVito and in the aforementioned film ""61*"", where it ""played"" the part of Yankee Stadium as well as itself. In the summer of 2000, the HBO movie ""61*"" was filmed in Tiger Stadium. The film dramatized the efforts of"
"were filmed in 1983 at War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo, New York, built in 1937 and demolished in 1988. All-High Stadium, also in Buffalo, stood in for Chicago's Wrigley Field in a key scene. A young Roy Hobbs plays baseball with his father on the family farm. Roy's father dies suddenly under a tree. That tree is split in half by lightning, and Roy carves a baseball bat from it. He burns a lightning bolt on the barrel and calls it Wonderboy. In 1923, Hobbs, now 19-years-old, is travelling by train to a pitching try out for the Chicago Cubs."
"game ""Mafia III"" and 2017 film ""Birth of the Dragon"". The cover by The Neville Brothers was featured in commercials for the film ""Toy Story 2"". A goof/errata was created in the film ""We Were Soldiers"" where one of the characters sang it during a going away party for their unit. The time period of the scene was at least five months prior to the song actually being released. UFC Welterweight Champion Robbie Lawler used the song as his entrance song. Hold On, I'm Comin' <nowiki>Hold On, I'm Comin'</nowiki> is the 1966 debut album by Atlantic Records soul duo Sam"
"The Winning Team The Winning Team is a 1952 biographical film directed by Lewis Seiler. It is a fictionalized biography of the life of major league pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander (1887–1950) starring Ronald Reagan as Alexander, Doris Day as his wife, Aimee, and Frank Lovejoy as baseball star Rogers Hornsby. It includes his heroic performance in three games in the 1926 World Series against the New York Yankees, where the 7th inning strikeout of Tony Lazzeri is used as the game-ending, Series-winning pitch. The film earned an estimated $1.7 million at the North American box office in 1952. This movie"
"Eamus Catuli ""Eamus Catuli"" is a Latin phrase associated with the Chicago Cubs, a Major League Baseball team, and with the team's home ballpark, Wrigley Field. It has gained fame at both a local and national level. Featured on a sign that sits perched atop the Lakeview Baseball Club—the first of the rooftop establishments overlooking the ballpark—it has not only become something of a rallying cry amongst Cubs fans, but has also served to mark the team's historic futility. ""Eamus Catuli"" is a Latin translation for ""Let's go Cubs"". The primary sign, with ""Eamus Catuli!"" posted in large, white capital"
"public-address announcer Bob Sheppard. Baseball-game action clips starting at 01:21 are from MLB films; they are from Yankees and Mets games in 1970 and 1971 – Danny Cater (10), shortstop Gene Michael (17), hitter Jerry Kenney, catcher Thurman Munson (15), and runner Bobby Murcer (1) can be seen. The uniforms worn by the Mammoths baseball team are Yankees uniforms from 1971, but the ""NY"" on the home pinstriped shirts was changed. Other teams providing uniforms were the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Red Sox. The film and book include a fictional card game known as tegwar, an acronym for ""the"
"the Cleveland Indians baseball team from her deceased husband. Phelps hates Cleveland and wants to relocate the team to Miami. The Indians' contract with Cleveland contains an escape clause stipulating that the team may relocate if attendance falls below a certain level. Determined to put together the worst Major League team in the country, Phelps hires Lou Brown, the manager for the Toledo Mud Hens, to manage the team and promotes former manager Charlie Donovan to general manager. During spring training in Tucson, the team's shortcomings become evident. The team's lone star, third baseman Roger Dorn, is an egotistical prima"
"12 miles each day, crossed six states, and battled his arthritis during the nearly seven-month trek. Followed by the media, Holden arrived at Wrigley on July 1, 2005 where he threw out the first pitch and joined Santo in singing ""Take Me Out to the Ball Game"". The venture raised over $250,000 for the charity, and caused a dramatic spike in sales of the DVD. Derek Schaul, the leader of Chicago Cubs Bleacher Bums, wears a shirt to every game stating, ""I walk for the cure because Ronnie can't! Go Cubbies!"" ""This Old Cub"" was co-produced by Walgreens Drug Stores"
"New York Yankees teammates Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris during the 1961 season to break fellow Yankee Babe Ruth's single-season home run record of 60. (Coincidentally, Roger Maris hit his first home run of the 1961 season at Tiger Stadium.) For the film, Tiger Stadium was repainted to resemble Yankee Stadium in 1961. During the very last days in which part of Tiger Stadium was still standing, scenes for the film, ""Kill the Irishman"", depicting the old Cleveland baseball stadium were shot at the stadium, extending for a day (demolition continued the day after the single day shoot at the"
"began to write their own messages on the wall. The messages were anything from words of support expressed towards the team or just a name. Chalk covered a majority of the wall, to point where fans had to bring step ladders in order to reach upper spaces for their message. The Cubs themselves encouraged the event by supplying chalk and adding extra security. The event gained both local and national attention, receiving coverage from Fox Sports and ""The Boston Globe"". Wrigley Field had a brief cameo in the 1980 film ""The Blues Brothers"", starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as"
"Suns basketball games. Sam & Dave songs have been used frequently in movie and TV soundtracks and commercials, including ""Hold On, I'm Comin on the soundtrack of the 2007 hit film ""American Gangster"". ""Hold On, I'm Comin and ""Soothe Me"" played on the radio and 8 track player (album titled: ""The Best of Sam & Dave"") in the Bluesmobile during the 1980 hit movie ""The Blues Brothers"". ""A Place Nobody Can Find"" was used in the background of a scene in HBO's series ""The Wire"". Jay Leno used ""Hold On, I'm Comin"" while driving his AC Cobra on his 2009"
"playing pranks on Ruth on the team train. During a game at Comiskey Park, Gehrig trips over a stack of bats and is teased by a spectator, Eleanor (Wright), who laughingly calls him ""tanglefoot"". Later, they are properly introduced, leading to a relationship, and then an engagement. Gehrig's mother, who still hasn't accepted the fact that her son will not be an engineer, does not take this news well; but Gehrig finally stands up to her and marries Eleanor. The Yankees become the most dominant team in baseball, and Gehrig becomes a fan favorite. His father and fully converted mother"